Heinz Sauer (born December 25, 1932,

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) is a German

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saxophonist. Sauer was an

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on tenor saxophone and began his career playing locally around

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in the 1950s. He played for many years in

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's ensemble, as well as the Jazzensemble des Hessischen Rundfunks and the

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. He worked often with

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, and has also performed or recorded with musicians such as Ralf Hübner,

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, Stefan Schmolck, and

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. In the 1990s he began experimenting with the use of electronic processing on his saxophones. In the 2000s among others he performed in a trio with Christopher Dell (vibraphones) and Bertram Ritter (percussion) and a duo with Michael Wollny. He received several prestigious German awards such as "Deutscher Jazzpreis" (1999), "SWR-Jazzpreis" (2008) and several times the "Deutscher Schallplattenpreis"("German Record Critics' Award").

Discography

* ''Ellingtonia Revisited!'' (L+R, 1980) * ''Blues After Sunrise'' (L+R, 1983) * ''Melancholia'' (ACT, 2005) * ''Certain Beauty'' (ACT, 2006) * ''The Journey'' (ACT, 2008) * ''If'' (Blue) Then'' (Blue)'' (ACT, 2010) * ''Plaza Lost and Found'' (L+R, 2012) * ''Don't Explain'' (ACT, 2012) * ''Hamburg Episode'' (Art of Groove, 2015) * ''Europaischer Jazz 2016'' (Infraserv Hochst, 2016)

References

*Wolfram Knauer, "Heinz Sauer". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'', 2nd edition, ed.

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